New Nude Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence Appear On Reddit After Another Round Of Hacking

It seems the case of the celebrity nude-photo hack is far from
over, as TMZ reports that earlier this weekend a slew of
brand-new nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Kim Kardashian
appeared on Reddit boards.

Though some of the photos were quickly removed from the
message boards thanks to Reddit's newly hardened
stance and 4chan's new policy on
copyright infringement, as of Saturday evening the new
set of leaked photos was still easily accessible via the
subreddit /r/celebnsfw, where the crowd that turned nude leak
central /r/TheFappening into
a viral success has gathered to coordinate and post Imgur
galleries of the new leaks. (The images are also easily findable
on Twitter, where users have been posting them throughout the
day.)

All of the celebrities included in this round of hacking
also appeared on the "Master List" of celebrities whose photos
had been hacked last month.

The original leaker behind the celebrity photos
claimed that they accessed the images using the iCloud accounts
of various celebrities. It's unlikely that someone has broken
into Apple's iCloud service. Instead the photos most likely
emerged due to a type of hacking known as "social engineering."
This exploit works by learning which online services your target
uses, and then compiling as much data on them as possible before
using that data to either spoof access, or to simply use their
email address and a guessed password to log in to their
account.